The Stay At Home Feminist

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Here's to so much more. Posted 3/8/2018 7:06 PMHere's to strong women.....And to the ones who haven't quite realized their strength yet,to the ones who know the value of vulnerabiltiy, and lean into it,to the ones who society thinks are weak because they can't leave just yet, to the ones who are too scared to step forward into #metoo,to ...Published at The Stay At Home Feminist

Discombobulated Posted 2/26/2018 2:19 PMWhen people ask me what I do lately, I have a hard time answering them. My friend Marissa is always on me about how much she eschews labels and categorizing ourselves and I have always chided her about this and embraced the labels that I thought defined me: stay-at-home mother, feminist...Published at The Stay At Home Feminist

a final goodbye Posted 11/7/2017 7:16 PMIn two days, the new owners will take possession of the #naturalurbanhome. They will move in, change things around, add their own style and signature and smell to the place, and make it their home. As I sit here in the COLD waiting area at my kid's dance studio writing this, I am s...Published at The Stay At Home Feminist

#ME-FUCKING-TOO: A RALLYING CRY. Posted 10/19/2017 3:22 PMGawdDAMMIT! I was hoping I didn't have to write about this AGAIN. But here we go....Have I ever told you about the time my all male management team at the large pharmaceutical company I worked for invited me to the hospitality suite at a Business Conference and when I entered the room I was ...Published at The Stay At Home Feminist

END :: BEGIN Posted 9/19/2017 9:08 PMOh HAI THERE!I am still here. Lately I have been writing all my thoughts....Well, nowhere really.I could say it's been mostly in my head, but my writing coach (@renegademothering) would say NO, that is #NOTWRITING, that is just thinking. So, right now, I suppose I am not a writer, I am a thinker....Published at The Stay At Home Feminist

I am still here - just a bit broken... Posted 6/27/2017 3:58 PMAnd I needed some new parts. I swear to god, I sound like an old Ford Model-T or something almost as vintage. (I am saying vintage these days because It sounds way more bougie and fun than old.)Last November I had my first knee replacement. It went well, and I got a gold star from my surgeon...Published at The Stay At Home Feminist

Weekly grocery shopping done in under three minutes! Posted 3/13/2017 7:42 PMI remember the days when my babies were actually babies and going to the grocery store by myself for an hour in the evening felt like a bloody vacation! I would stretch the time out and walk every single aisle and just listen to the musak playing in the store and read ingredient lists for funsies...Published at The Stay At Home Feminist

#nomorecookiesforyou Posted 2/21/2017 12:43 PMI have made an observation of my life these past few months as I creep closer and closer to the "official" beginning of middle age. It seems my level of righteous indignation at the injustices of this world is increasing at a rate proportional to the amount that I am sweating at night. Which is t...Published at The Stay At Home Feminist